Shouldn't that be changed around like this:

server { listen my.ip.here; server_name sub.domain.tld;

access_log /var/log/nginx/subdomain.access_log main; error_log /var/log/nginx/subdomain.error_log;

rewrite ^(.*)?/?files/(.*) /wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2;

location / { root /var/www/localhost/htdocs/sub.domain.tld; allow 192.168.2.0/24; deny all;

if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/wp-.*) $2 last; rewrite ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?(/.*\.php)$ $2 last; rewrite ^ /index.php last; } } location ~ .php$ { include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:1105; fastcgi_index index.php;

# where the php files to pass to the listener. fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /var/www/localhost/htdocs/subdomain.tld$fastcgi_script_name; } } }

At least it feels more sane to check for existance when you have a root fixed. I can be wrong, as nginx's nonlinear config can be somewhat confusing, but that is the way we're doing it in our setup.

Best Wishes,